Ferry Corsten

From:The Netherlands

DJ style:“Melodic.”

Best known for:“Open-minded approach to music.”

Known best as a trance innovator, Ferry Cortsten was way ahead of the curve with his absorption and incorporation of influences from other genres. This open-mindedness still informs his approach to production, which fans will get to hear on his forthcoming sixth long-player. “I’ve been working really hard on my album ‘Connect’, which will be out next month,” Corsten says. The lead single, ‘Just Breathe’, is a case in point, blending his classic trance manoeuvres with a hardcore rave breakdown, replete with Amen breakbeats aplenty.

As well as DJ gigs in the UK, USA, Australia, Vietnam, Poland and The Netherlands, where Corsten wasn’t averse to dropping a bit of drum & bass in-between the 4/4 beats, he’s continued with his What The F world tour, a series of concept shows where “I play ONLY all my OWN musical productions from open to close,” he says. These shows will likely feature many of his classic trance tracks as System F, like ‘Out Of The Blue’, as well as his electro-house and guitar-infused tracks ‘Punk’ and ‘Rock Your Body Rock’, plus more recent gems like ‘Poison’, ‘For Your Mind’ and ‘Wounded’.

Fave tune of 2024?

“Binary Finary ‘1998 (Victor Ruiz Remix)’.”

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MEDUZA

From:Italy

DJ style:“Melodic house / house.”

Best known for:“‘Piece Of Your Heart’, ‘Lose Control’, ‘Paradise’ and some other songs.”

Luca Gregorio, Mattia Vitale, and Simone Giani form MEDUZA. The trio’s pop-tinged house music tracks have gained them a devoted fan base worldwide, surmounted countless listens across all the streaming platforms, made daytime radio and stormed official chart positions across the globe. With effortlessly catchy vocals by the likes of Becky Hill, Goodboys and Dermot Kennedy, their productions delve into the worlds of pop and dance in equal measure. Their debut single ‘Piece Of Your Heart’ was released in 2019: an instant hit that shot them to fame, they’ve been unstoppable ever since. Their first release of this year was the single ‘Dola re Dola’, featuring Varun Jain and was a tribute to the Bollywood film Devdas. ‘Money (Can’t Save Us)’ featuring NY-born artist Alec Monopoly soon followed, and most recently for MEDUZA’s latest single ‘Another World’ they teamed up with British singer and songwriter HAYLA. In the live sphere, it’s often Vitale that takes the stage behind the decks, with sets designed for the peak time with plenty of snare rolls, euphoric breakdowns, trance basslines and the occasional sound of 303 acid.

Fave tune of 2024?“Âme ‘Asa’.”

Rising star DJ/producer of 2024?“Notre Dame.”

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